Hello everyone, I’ve created a Nix Software. The main feature is that packages now have logos, screenshots, categories, and descriptions with markdown support, which can be translated into different languages. All of this is configurable through the admin panel. There’s also filtering functionality. I plan to provide a nice REST API for everyone, and if needed, an .xml file with package information. My goal is to make package management user-friendly for everyone. I’m happy to answer any questions you have.
There is a problem with full-text search: at the moment, the server is too weak.
Hi everyone, straight to the point!
The site has moved to a new domain: https://nixsoftware.org
More than a thousand entries with package metadata have been imported into the website.
Integration with the Weblate translation service has been added. The site now supports more than 50 languages, but help with translations is needed. At the moment, the website is fully translated into English, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.
Smart search powered by Meilisearch has been added. Now it’s possible to search in different languages and even with typos. You can also search for more abstract terms like “music” or “browser”.
You should add a <noscript> banner as I tried to click around & nothing worked when I landed. There’s a massive list of languages in the picker, but most of them aren’t supported—so is there a way to reduce the list if there is no translations?
Why using Docker instead of Nix?
Also, thanks for using a non-proprietary, non-US-based forge for your hosting <3
Thanks for the remark — you’re right, it would make sense to leave a warning that the site doesn’t work without JavaScript.
Regarding translations: even if the site interface itself isn’t fully translated into a particular language yet, some packages may already have metadata translated into that language.
As for Docker: I already have a template that I reuse from project to project, and in this case I decided not to break with tradition. Feel free to open a PR if you’d like
I don’t speak English, so I’m using AI to help with translation. Sorry for any mistakes.
looks a bit like a web version of that gnome-based nix-software-center.
i guess the categories may not do too much since RFC 140 (packages by name), tho hopefully the categorization team will help alleviate that at some point…
Recently I was looking for a vpn package. I used search.nixos.org to quickly check the menu and I overlooked flake tabs.
I decided to create my own nixos service. Later I asked my self how to share the flake I created and I found vpn package on the flake tab !!!
How to navigate in that toml file? It is not flat - many dependencies kinda repositories by itself. Links are not clickable right away. So if a flake link doesn’t fit top list then how to choose between sub-repositories?
Nice UI. One small feedback: Exact matches can be moved to the top (a.k.a. search for “yazi”). Also -unwrapped packages might be embedded into the same result.
It does fetch and index the metadata for all the flakes listed there. The quality of general-purpose search engines has been steadily degrading, I think we need a mix of search engines and these kinds of lightly-curated lists/registries…
You might want to create easy to find buttons to contribute and to submit issues. For issues I would create a central place and not devided in the frontend and the backend projects.
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